Our current economy, coupled with the ongoing transitions in congregational life and ministry focus, has combined to create intense pressure on church staffing models. With finances tight, congregations are being forced to take stock of the number of professional...

Compartmentalization is the bane of authentic faith. When we begin to divide the realms of our life from one another, the end result looks very different than loving God with “all your heart, soul, mind and strength”. We become a house divided, living an increasingly...

The novelist Walker Percy often said that the trouble with most people is that they are not up to anything significant. Bob Buford once wrote a book titled Halftime: Moving From Success to Significance in which he suggests that many of us come to a point in our life...

Nearly all observers of the 21st century church in America agree that the next generation of leadership is a cause for concern. Many write, blog, tweet and generally lament the state of leadership cultivation and training, or lack thereof. Far too many congregations...

I’ve always been struck by the phrase from Luke 9: 51, 53 which describes Jesus as “turning his face toward Jerusalem”. It implies a resoluteness of intent and a high degree of commitment to a divine agenda. Nothing is going to dissuade him from his divine...